The birdbath was frozen. I finally caught up with the brown thrasher, both of them, though I never got them in the same frame. The Carolina wren pair were also loading up on calories. Interestingly the brown thrashers and the wrens are about the same color, though very different in size. Starlings also wanted some fat in their diet.
In the afternoon white throated sparrows scampered around in the grass. I spotted a myrtle warble up in a tree. A pair of hooded mergansers fished under the bulkhead at low tide. The male kingfisher perched on a pole on the neighbors' floating dock. Surprisingly, four turtles came out to bask in the chilly sunshine.
Later, a young eagle occupied the same dock where the kngfisher had been, but not up on the skinny pole. I wonder if it's the same eagle as late last winter? A daring, or stupid, pair of mallards paddled right around the dock. Then the eagle hopped down to the lower level where it had a fish, so maybe the mallards knew they were safe.
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